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﻿Jacob Rudkin
Mrs. Wallace
English 104
October 6, 2014
Effects of Divorce in America“Turns out, approximately 50% of all American marriages end in divorce”, says Jasmin from The Daily Infographic. That one and every two marriages will come to an end in divorce. Divorce, the separation of a married couple. When I was a baby about 15 to 18 years ago, Divorce didn’t happen too often. It was more of a last resort, can’t stand the other situation. You didn’t just see every other one of your friend’s parents getting a divorce. Times have changed, someone from 15 years ago would think today’s world is corrupt. More people are getting married at young ages and then divorce months later. It’s the way things are going now, teen pregnancy has increased the amount of marriages very highly. Those young couples have not yet lived or spent much time with each other, but just get married because of the kid. Which when they do get a divorce shortly after the baby is born it will affect the kids life greatly and deeply.

An article written by Robert E. Emery on How Divorce Affects Children states “First of all, divorce is almost always stressful for children. Most children do not want their parents to separate (unless the marriage was full of intense conflict and anger or other sources of misery not suitable for children).” The sentence above states that a divorce affects the kid, it is very stressful for the child. The article also later says “Divorce also can strain parent-child relationships, lead to lost contact with one parent, create economic hardships, and increase conflict between parents”. Which brings up very clear and understandable reasons to how a divorce can affect your child. I myself have my parents separate when I was in the 4th grade. I remember almost all of it, the fights, the arguing, and the leaving. The threats that were thrown at each other. The amount of stress that was pressed on me as a 4th grader affected me deeply. I feel as those events hurt...

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